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Singapore congratulates Biden and Harris on US election win
Singapore leaders, including PM Lee, congratulate Biden and Harris on US election winPresident Halimah Yacob, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat have sent their congratulations to newly elected leaders in the United States.
President Halimah congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris on their "victory in a hard fought election".
She called Mr Biden, who will be the 46th US president, a "good friend of Singapore" and noted the strong partnership between both nations in the areas of "defence and security, economic and people-to-people ties".
President Halimah's Facebook post also congratulated Ms Harris, noting that she was "heartened" at her becoming "America's first female, black and South Asian Vice-President".
"This is the historic moment for women minorities in the US and around the world. Vice-President-elect Harris has shown that one should never be constrained by glass ceilings."
President Halimah congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris on their "victory in a hard fought election".
She called Mr Biden, who will be the 46th US president, a "good friend of Singapore" and noted the strong partnership between both nations in the areas of "defence and security, economic and people-to-people ties".
President Halimah's Facebook post also congratulated Ms Harris, noting that she was "heartened" at her becoming "America's first female, black and South Asian Vice-President".
"This is the historic moment for women minorities in the US and around the world. Vice-President-elect Harris has shown that one should never be constrained by glass ceilings."
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singapore-leaders-including-pm-lee-congratulate-biden-and-harris-on-us-election-win
